This guide sticks to what the registry holds: counts by specialty, street addresses, the split between individual practitioners and organizations, and registration dates. It holds no fees, no opening hours and no insurance information, so use it to narrow the list before you call.
What is listed in Dexter-Fenkell
All 33 listings are general dentistry. There is no specialist entry of any kind in the neighborhood, which is unusual even for a small area and shapes everything else about choosing here.
The addresses are almost entirely on one road. Livernois Ave has 28 listings, with 4 more recorded simply as Livernois and 1 as Livernois Avenue. Those are the same street under different spellings, so in practice the whole neighborhood sits on a single corridor.
The ownership split is unusual too. 26 of the 33 listings are registered as organizations and only 7 as individual practitioners, which is the reverse of most neighborhoods. Just 6 have been on the register since before 2010, so most of these entries are relatively recent, and the oldest registration here dates to 2006.
How to choose between them
Since every listing is general dentistry, the choice is about the practice rather than the specialty. Checkups, cleanings, fillings, crowns, extractions and dentures are the work you can expect to have done here, and any treatment beyond a general dentist's scope will mean a referral out of the neighborhood.
With 26 listings registered as organizations, most of these are group or company practices rather than a single named dentist. That often brings longer hours and more chairs, but you may see different dentists at different visits. If continuity matters to you, ask to be assigned to one dentist when you register.
Questions worth asking:
- Are you taking new patients, and how quickly can I be seen?
- Do you do root canals and surgical extractions here, or refer them?
- Do you see children?
- Where do you refer specialist work, and how far is it?
If you need something Dexter-Fenkell does not have
Six specialties have no listing in the neighborhood: orthodontics, pediatric dentistry, endodontics, periodontics, oral and maxillofacial surgery and prosthodontics. All of them are nearest elsewhere in Detroit, about 3.4 miles away, where the registry records 21 oral surgery practices, 17 periodontics, 16 pediatric dentistry, 13 orthodontics, 13 prosthodontics and 8 endodontics.
So the pattern here is simple: general care locally, specialist care a short drive away. It is worth asking a prospective general dentist early which practices they refer to, so you are not choosing under pressure later.
Nearby neighborhoods with their own listings include Happy Homes with 13 about 2.4 miles away, Hubbell-Puritan with 12 at 3 miles, Grandmont with 6 at 3.1 miles, Piety Hill with 4 and Petoskey-Otsego with 3 at about 3.2 miles, and the University District with 3 at 0.9 miles.
Insurance and paying
None of the 33 Dexter-Fenkell listings has been claimed by its practice, and none publishes a website or opening hours through us. The registry holds no fees and no insurance participation for any listing anywhere. Claiming is how a practice adds hours, services and accepted plans, which is why a claimed listing is worth much more than a bare entry.
Until then, ask on the phone. Check whether the practice is in network with your specific plan, since in network usually means agreed fees and a smaller share for you, while out of network normally costs you more. Ask for a written estimate before treatment beyond an exam, and if you are uninsured, ask about payment plans before you agree to anything.
If it is urgent
For a broken tooth, a lost filling or pain that will not settle, call along Livernois Ave and ask specifically for a same day emergency appointment. Since the whole neighborhood is on one road, you can get through every realistic option quickly. Bear in mind that there is no oral surgeon listed here, so an urgent extraction may mean the trip into Detroit.
Go to an emergency room instead of a dental office if swelling is spreading toward your eye or down your neck, if you are having trouble breathing or swallowing, if you have a fever with facial swelling, or if bleeding from the mouth will not stop.
If nothing local is available, search by distance at dentist directory and widen the radius outward from Dexter-Fenkell.
Questions patients ask
How many dentists are in Dexter-Fenkell, Detroit?
The registry lists 33 dental practices in Dexter-Fenkell, out of 581 across Detroit, all inside ZIP code 48238. Every one of them is registered for general dentistry, with no specialist listings in the neighborhood. Nearly all are on Livernois Ave, which appears in the records under three slightly different spellings.
Is there a specialist dentist in Dexter-Fenkell?
No. Orthodontics, pediatric dentistry, endodontics, periodontics, oral and maxillofacial surgery and prosthodontics all have no listing here. Each is nearest elsewhere in Detroit, about 3.4 miles away, where the registry records 21 oral surgery practices, 17 periodontics, 16 pediatric dentistry, 13 orthodontics, 13 prosthodontics and 8 endodontics.
Are these mostly solo dentists or group practices?
Group practices. 26 of the 33 listings are registered as organizations and only 7 as individual practitioners, the reverse of most neighborhoods. That often means longer opening hours and more chairs, but you may not see the same dentist each time. Ask to be assigned to one dentist if that matters.